The state’s nodal land acquisition agency Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) has hit back at the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG), trashing its report on irregular land allotment to industries

A dalit family of Pipilipali village under Sasan police limits has threatened to lock the gate of the revenue divisional commissioner's (RDC) office on Wednesday in protest against the injustice meted out to them

Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) has issued showcause notices to more than 250 entrepreneurs who were allotted acres in industrial estates at a concessional rate but violated the approved land-use policy

The state government will further probe the alleged diversion of subsidized government land allotted for establishment of healthcare facilities, special secretary (general administration) Niten Chandra told the media here on Monday

Apart from officials involved in land grab at Ghangapatna here, the state government will initiate criminal action against those who illegally bought government land, revenue minister Bijayshree Routray said here on Monday

The state government on Tuesday conceded ?doubtful' use of at least 70 acre government land at Ghangapatna, on the outskirts of the city, even as BJP staged a dharna in front of the governor's house here demanding CBI probe into the alleged land scam

The CBI may very soon interrogate Debika Das Gupta, one of the directors of Saradha Realty Pvt Ltd. Das Gupta, who started as a trainee but became one of the directors of the company within four years, was allegedly responsible for managing Sudipta Sen's land in Odisha and West Midnapore

Finding itself in a spot over the Ghangapatana land scam, the State Government on Monday sought more time to wriggle out of the controversy which has become a major embarrassment for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Hitting out at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for alleged cover up bid in land scam, BJP today demanded a CBI probe into allotment of land and houses as role of political leaders had now surfaced during inquiry into chit fund scandal by the central agency